FOX news reports that an "Asian" male (not the UK Asian?), 20's, entered the building, a civic center, and started shooting. Number of dead is unknown, at least 4 shot, 41 people have been taken hostage. The American Civic Association "assists immigrants
and refugees with immigration and personal counseling, resettlement,
citizenship, family reunification, interpreters, and translators. Fosters cross
cultural understanding for the entire community". A center dedicated to assimilation into America.

If NY didn't have such draconian, anti-second amendment gun laws and one of those hostages was carrying - this nightmare would be over. Gun control laws kill innocent people.

Binghamton Police have surrounded 131 Front Street, the American Civic
Association. Action News crews on the scene say they saw people being
carried out of the building. Scanner reports say there are 41 people
inside the building, with as many as 4 people shot.

Scanner reports say a man went into the building and started shooting.When
the shooting started, people inside escaped to the basement in search
of safety. More than a dozen people are hiding in a closet, for more
than an hour now. Emergency dispatchers are in contact with some people
inside by phone. Police have sent some people to Wilson and Lourdes
Hospital, and have requested ambulances to the scene.

Police
have shut down Court Street heading west at Water Street. They have
also closed Main Street at Murray Street. Binghamton High School has
locked down the school, and will not allow students out for lunch.

Action News has crews on the scene and will bring you up to date details as soon as they are available.

UPDATE: Number dead unknown. At least 4 are potentially dead.

Gunman with a high powered rifle still inside that building.

SWAT team surrounding the building - dozen ambulances at the scene.

UPDATE: 4 Dead, 12 shot. Building still in lockdown. Hostages still in building. If one of those hostages had a gun - they could shoot this bastard dead. Remember the shooting that occurred on February 12, 2007, at Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah. A lone jihadi killed five bystanders and wounded four others before being shot dead by an off duty cop. How many would have died had the hero not had his gun?

At the September
2007 forum in Hagerstown, MDsomeone asked
representatives of the US State Dept. about an apparent policy to spread
refugees out to small and middle-sized American cities and away from the
traditional “gateway cities.” We have heard, but cannot confirm, that this was
a directive of the Clinton Administration. Early in the meeting the question
was brushed aside, but later the State Dept. spokeswoman admitted that the
social services in traditional immigrant receiving cities had become
over-taxed.

Thanks to the Jacksonville article
yesterday, we now know that The Brookings Institution actually reported on
this trend back in April. Check out their report by going to this
page at Brookings and then download the document entitled, “Refugee
Resettlement in Metropolitan America.”

Some interesting findings come as no surprise:

* Little is known about refugee resettlement at the metropolitan
level.

* Unlike other immigrants refugees have access to considerable federal,
state and local support.

* Sometimes the placement of too many refugees in one area has
overwhelmed local communities and stirred tension.

Now, back to Brookings. You gotta have a look at this report. As expected,
the top three original “gateway cities” were New York, Los Angeles, and
Chicago. But, I was interested in the eleven top cities that had the largest
refugee populations as a percentage of the foreign born in the city calculated
from figures up to the year 2000. They are:

UPDATE: The four shot were running from the gunman. There are unconfirmed reports of two gunmen which, of course, makes this even more sinister. Further, the gunman allegedly backed his car up to the backdoor of the building to prevent anyone in the building from escaping.

Both hospitals
postponed all elective surgeries and called in extra personnel to staff their
emergency rooms.

According to police
reports, more than 40 hostages were in the building — 15 in a closet and 26 in
the boiler room. Sharp shooters from the Binghamton SWAT team were poised
outside the building at 131 Front Street. The Endicott police bomb squad is also
at the scene.

Scanner reports just
before 1:30 p.m. indicate that police were asking 26 people in the Civic
Association to lie on the floor with the hands above their heads.

Shortly after noon,
about 10 people were released from the building, with hands on their heads. The
police searched some of them. Around 12:40 p.m., another 10 were released from
the rear of the building, clad in white sheets. They were shaken and hugged each
other as they boarded a BC Transit bus. All are being considered suspects until
they are cleared by police.

Police and ambulance
crews began staging at Oak and Main Street, the site of the Binghamton High
School, shortly after 10:30 a.m. today. Local apartments were evacuated and
businesses, including a nearby nursing home, were placed under lockdown. The
high school was also locked down.

One woman who worked as
a secretary reportedly was shot in the stomach.

Family members of the
hostages and victims were being told to gather at 232 Main St. in Binghamton,
while more ambulance crews were on standby.

Binghamton Mayor
Matthew Ryan said the shooter has a high-powered rifle.

[..]

Broome Community
College Assistant Professor Tuong Hung Nguyen was asked to work with police to
communicate with the shooter. Nguyen is fluent in Vietnamese.

[...]

The ACA had citizenship
classes scheduled for today.

Redeemer Lutheran
Church at 72 Main St. in Binghamton will hold a prayer vigil at 7 p.m. tonight
for those affected by the shooting.

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FOX news reports that an "Asian" male (not the UK Asian?), 20's, entered the building, a civic center, and started shooting. Number of dead is unknown, at least 4 shot, 41 people have been taken hostage. The American Civic Association "assists immigrants
and refugees with immigration and personal counseling, resettlement,
citizenship, family reunification, interpreters, and translators. Fosters cross
cultural understanding for the entire community". A center dedicated to assimilation into America.

If NY didn't have such draconian, anti-second amendment gun laws and one of those hostages was carrying - this nightmare would be over. Gun control laws kill innocent people.

Binghamton Police have surrounded 131 Front Street, the American Civic
Association. Action News crews on the scene say they saw people being
carried out of the building. Scanner reports say there are 41 people
inside the building, with as many as 4 people shot.

Scanner reports say a man went into the building and started shooting.When
the shooting started, people inside escaped to the basement in search
of safety. More than a dozen people are hiding in a closet, for more
than an hour now. Emergency dispatchers are in contact with some people
inside by phone. Police have sent some people to Wilson and Lourdes
Hospital, and have requested ambulances to the scene.

Police
have shut down Court Street heading west at Water Street. They have
also closed Main Street at Murray Street. Binghamton High School has
locked down the school, and will not allow students out for lunch.

Action News has crews on the scene and will bring you up to date details as soon as they are available.

UPDATE: Number dead unknown. At least 4 are potentially dead.

Gunman with a high powered rifle still inside that building.

SWAT team surrounding the building - dozen ambulances at the scene.

UPDATE: 4 Dead, 12 shot. Building still in lockdown. Hostages still in building. If one of those hostages had a gun - they could shoot this bastard dead. Remember the shooting that occurred on February 12, 2007, at Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, Utah. A lone jihadi killed five bystanders and wounded four others before being shot dead by an off duty cop. How many would have died had the hero not had his gun?

At the September
2007 forum in Hagerstown, MDsomeone asked
representatives of the US State Dept. about an apparent policy to spread
refugees out to small and middle-sized American cities and away from the
traditional “gateway cities.” We have heard, but cannot confirm, that this was
a directive of the Clinton Administration. Early in the meeting the question
was brushed aside, but later the State Dept. spokeswoman admitted that the
social services in traditional immigrant receiving cities had become
over-taxed.

Thanks to the Jacksonville article
yesterday, we now know that The Brookings Institution actually reported on
this trend back in April. Check out their report by going to this
page at Brookings and then download the document entitled, “Refugee
Resettlement in Metropolitan America.”

Some interesting findings come as no surprise:

* Little is known about refugee resettlement at the metropolitan
level.

* Unlike other immigrants refugees have access to considerable federal,
state and local support.

* Sometimes the placement of too many refugees in one area has
overwhelmed local communities and stirred tension.

Now, back to Brookings. You gotta have a look at this report. As expected,
the top three original “gateway cities” were New York, Los Angeles, and
Chicago. But, I was interested in the eleven top cities that had the largest
refugee populations as a percentage of the foreign born in the city calculated
from figures up to the year 2000. They are:

UPDATE: The four shot were running from the gunman. There are unconfirmed reports of two gunmen which, of course, makes this even more sinister. Further, the gunman allegedly backed his car up to the backdoor of the building to prevent anyone in the building from escaping.

Both hospitals
postponed all elective surgeries and called in extra personnel to staff their
emergency rooms.

According to police
reports, more than 40 hostages were in the building — 15 in a closet and 26 in
the boiler room. Sharp shooters from the Binghamton SWAT team were poised
outside the building at 131 Front Street. The Endicott police bomb squad is also
at the scene.

Scanner reports just
before 1:30 p.m. indicate that police were asking 26 people in the Civic
Association to lie on the floor with the hands above their heads.

Shortly after noon,
about 10 people were released from the building, with hands on their heads. The
police searched some of them. Around 12:40 p.m., another 10 were released from
the rear of the building, clad in white sheets. They were shaken and hugged each
other as they boarded a BC Transit bus. All are being considered suspects until
they are cleared by police.

Police and ambulance
crews began staging at Oak and Main Street, the site of the Binghamton High
School, shortly after 10:30 a.m. today. Local apartments were evacuated and
businesses, including a nearby nursing home, were placed under lockdown. The
high school was also locked down.

One woman who worked as
a secretary reportedly was shot in the stomach.

Family members of the
hostages and victims were being told to gather at 232 Main St. in Binghamton,
while more ambulance crews were on standby.

Binghamton Mayor
Matthew Ryan said the shooter has a high-powered rifle.

[..]

Broome Community
College Assistant Professor Tuong Hung Nguyen was asked to work with police to
communicate with the shooter. Nguyen is fluent in Vietnamese.

[...]

The ACA had citizenship
classes scheduled for today.

Redeemer Lutheran
Church at 72 Main St. in Binghamton will hold a prayer vigil at 7 p.m. tonight
for those affected by the shooting.